SteveB's Social Learning Scoop

It contains a generic mix of articles, gathered through twitter, the blogs I follow and suggestions from the Scoop.it curation tool, that catch my attention as interesting to me and possibly other people.

You can use the filter option just above this introduction to search for a particular topic within the numerous articles collated here.

"In one world, effort is a bad thing. It, like failure, means you’re not smart or talented. If you were, you wouldn’t need effort. In the other world, effort is what makes you smart or talented." Carol Dweck

Data is crucial. However, displaying a chunk of plain data can be monotonous. Infographics visualize plain data and make it visually more appealing. Data turned into infographic has a higher potential to go viral and be effective. While many of us are designers who can design amazing infographs, Infographic Generators can come in handy to Designers and non-designers alike. They can be a time saving resource. So here is a list of 17 fantastic Infographic Generators I compiled together:...

The concept of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is a familiar concept these days. Yet, the nature of Personal Learning Networks is evolving as the range of tools available to support them increases, and our rapport with those tools becomes more sophisticated.

The aim of this post is to outline the changes that appear to be taking shape, and to offer some practical strategies for teachers to supercharge their Personal Learning Networks.

You can switch back and forth, on the fly and in the real time, your broadcasting signal: your webcam, your computer desktop, your PowerPoint presentation, or any other specific application from your computer, etc.

It's your broadcast session, and we give you full flexibility to conduct it however way you want!

A good summary of what you should definitely consider to implement if you're not already doing so as part of your content marketing plan. Planning and doing research sometimes are a little vague and obscure but Julia McCoy gives great actionable tips on how to make that practical so that you can be efficient.

To build on her content auditing recommendation, you can check out this other post she wrote detailing how to do it with tools like SEM Rush, Excel templates or the services of her own company ExpressWriters..

I like the idea of having a content calendar. A content calendar makes things two-times easier. I don't need to think long and hard just to produce a good title, good keywords and good sources for content. All the essential details are outlined in the calendar.

I began writing my blog, Haggerston Times over a year ago, and my stats tell me that I have around 120 visitors each day, am on just over 21,000 views in total and that I have made 246 posts to date. Jeez, how did that happen?